The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-02
GENERAL NEWS.

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GENERAL NEWS.
CLEAR and warm.
Business very quiet.
THREE boats leaving today.
The river here continues to rise.
The Chickssaw lie the Wednesday
packet for White river.
THR U. p. Scheuck leaves New Or
leans tomorrow for Cincinnati.
THE Rene Macready leaves tomor-
row evening for st. Francis river.
The little towboat John Smith ar.
rived yesterday from New Orleans.
llrHE breaking. loose Of the Kate
Adams asst Thursday was caused by a
defective ringbolt, which broke, caus.
ing the headline to let go.
EARLY yesterday morning thieves
entered the Office OF the coal checkers
and made away with a coat, vest and
bat belonging TO Jack Kelly.
The Port Eads, towing 5 bsrges
containing 1900 tons of miscellaneous
freight, passed TO ST. Louis yesterday
morning. She double tripped past
theclty.
THE Annie p. Silver passed to st.
Louis early yesterday morning with
good up stream trip. She put off here
80 empty hogsheads and rs package
OF sundiies.
The Anchor Line packets leaving
| here tomorrow are the CITY of Nicke-
burg, for VicksburV, at 10 O'Clock M,
and the City Of Providence, for st.
Louie, at 4 o'clock pm.
THR Belle Memphis, from vicks.
burg, passed to st. Louis yestel day
evening. Sre put of here bales Of
cotton, 81 sacks Of cotton seed and
added % tons Of sundries.
TnR James Lee, Cspt. Olaggett,
leaves ere At 8 o'clock this evening
for Helena, Friais Point and all way
landings. Messrs. viii Ashford and
VIII Darraugh are her clerks.
THE Ooahoma, Ospt. CooIer is the
Lee Line packet leaving this evening
for Gold Dust, Osceola and way
points. Messrs. Wn. Smlther, Cha,.
L. witch and Sid Wheeler are her
clerks.
The Will 8. Hays should pass here
tonight on her way to st. Louis.
When she left New Orleans she had
400 ions Of freight. The principal
items OF her cargo are 1900 barrels OF
sugar, 19l barrels OF rice aud l2l sacks
OF Coffte.
THE eles ant sidewheel steamer Kate
Adams, Capt. Marx Cheek ,:.s the nal
packet leaving at 5 O'Clock this even
Ing for Helens, Terrene, Arkansas
Oity, and all way landings. Messrs.
VIM. Banker, Lew Price and Harry
Best are her clerks.
THE Buckeye State, Capt. H. ].
Vintop, should arrive today, and she
Is the regular packet leaving tomorrow
evening for Cairo, Evansville, Louis.
vile, Cincinnati and all way points
on the upper coast. Capt, o. b Rus.
sell 10 agent.
The receipts by the lo1al packets
yesterday were as follows: Coahoms,
20 bales of cotton, 227 sacks of cotton
seed, sacks OF corn and IA packages
OF sundriss; James Lee, 23 bales of
cltton, "A sacks OF cotton seed and o
packages Of sundries; Kate Adams, "a
bales of cOltol, 1914 sacks Of cotton
seed, 2 mules aud 81 packages of sun
dries.
The Arkansas City, from st. Louis,
p ssed to Vicksburg yesterday even.
log with a fine trip. She put of here
1886 packages, including 682 bar
rrls Of -four, 1 bale of COT
tor, 20 s'cks Of cotton seed, l4S sacks
Of ~, 81 head of sheep and lambs
d II hogs. She added here about
20 tons Of sundTies. Capt. Brolaski
says that when the Arkansas City left
Cairo che was fiat in the water and
had more freight than she ever carried.
CINCINNATI Commercial. Gazette, 9th:
Ben II. Earl, an old time river man,
formerly steward OF the Katie Hooper,
Memphis and Arkansas river packet,
and on many boats running on the
Ohio, Missouri, lower and upper Mis-
sissippi rivers, arrived at his home in
Newport, KY, on Saturday, from the
Dayton Soldiers Home. He speaks
in high terms OF the heavenly home
oil the old vet soldiers. He has been
confined in the marine hospitals of st.
Louis, Cincinnati and the Soldiers
Home at Leavenworth, Kss., and
Dayton, o., since 1873, with paralysis,
neuralgia aud catarh, which he con-
.racted In the army in 1854. He was
u the army from April II, 1861, until
Contender, 1865; was taken prisoner
1t Richmond, KY, August, 1862, and
INJURED at the battle Of London
Bridge, East Tennessee, August, 1868.
de thinks the soldiers homes are
heavenly blessing to the old vets, who
re dying off very fast.